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Is GI helpful in Weight loss? What other advantages are there in having low GI food?
“In order to be replaceable, one must be different.”
While staying on a low glycaemic index diet may help you to reduce the risk for developing
diabetes or heart disease, there has been conflicting data related to weight loss when compared
to a healthy, low fat diet.
The advantage of eating foods which have a low glycaemic index is that your blood sugar will
not r

What are the different ranges of glycaemic index?
People trying to lose weight are advised to avoid the high GI foods, eat the intermediate foods
sporadically, and eat as much of the low index foods as they want.
A low-GI food will release glucose more slowly and steadily, which leads to more suitable
postprandial (after meal) blood glucose readings. A high-GI food causes a more rapid rise in
blood glucose levels and is suitable for energy recovery after exercise o

What is Glycaemic index? How it is measured?
A Glycaemic index diet is an eating plan based on how foods affect your blood sugar level.
Foods that raise blood sugar quickly have a higher number, whereas foods that take longer to
affect blood sugar levels have a lower number.
To measure the Glycaemic index of a food, a specific weight of the digestible carbohydrates in
the food is fed to at least ten different people who volunteer for the study.
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